so i was driving down a four lane road going about 35 and a big truck was in front of me and he swirves into the right lane fast with out using his blinkers and i didnt see a brake light at all and in front of him was a truck trying to turn left so i had about 20 feet to brake going 35mph, i couldnt get into the right lane so i slammed on the brakes and they locked up and i slide into his rear bumper and now my car looks like this.






the pictures not that good but there a bunch of red on the bumper from the truck. it looks repairable. but i need a new front cross member, radiater, battery, hood, the fenders and front bumper are still good. im having trouble getting the front cross member out, its not welded in or anything is it? theres a pignose in the junk yard so i think im gonna put the pignose front end on.

 

Sucks, good luck with getting it back together.

 

damn man, let me know if you need help with something, you definately need a new radiator support bracket as well, and not the crossmember is not welded

 

**** man. I just had something similar happen. Totally smashed up the front right corner. Just got mine back from the shop after a month. Good luck with the repair.

 

ive got the whole front end off right now and we are trying to get the crossmember out, after that it should be alittle bit easier. well im going pignose now and will some of the chuki parts mix match with the zenki parts. this is what i plan to get. i have the chuki fenders already, zenki lights, zenki hood, zenki crossmemeber, and zenki bumper. i pretty sure that it will fit. am i right?

 

crossmember? you mean radiator support? the crossmember is under the engine man. yea well the radiator support is welded in. and yes, the pignose/zenki parts will fit right in.

 

i thought it was called the front crossmember or something like that. so its called the radiater support? and yea i just figured out its tacked welded all the way around. what i have to do now is drill through the weld an chissle it out with a flathead and hammer. its gonna take awhile. man this sucks lol. i was driving my 240 a couple of days ago fine and now i look in my garage and its in peices.

 

dude, that is horrible. im sorry to hear about ur miss fortune. good luck with that. i hope u got to kick that truck driver in the nads.

 

that sucks man, hope you get her back on the road quick

 

since my cars not been to shop yet ive been painting the parts i got from the junkyard. i got the bumper and lights to come out good but im having trouble with the hood. i put about 3 cans of white on the hood and ive put about 3 cans worth of clear coat on the hood and it still barley shines, so i guess i just have to keep adding more. and how to do get the lines from the spraycan out? when you look at it in the sun you can see all of the spraycan marks. will that go away with more coats or does it go away if i buff it?